Student Services
Guidance Services
Ms. Jancik, Ms. Joly, Mr. Nigro, and Ms. Oolup, are eager to help students with their educational, career and personal concerns. If necessary, they are able to assist students to make contact with appropriate community agencies. Career Studies at North Toronto is taught through the Guidance Department.Our school social worker and a Delisle Youth Services counsellor are also available for counselling for personal, family, or school issues. Their knowledge of community resources is valuable for student referrals. Appointments are made through guidance counsellors or vice-principals. As well, our pyscho-educational consultant offers counselling, and discussion of concerns centered around academic performance. Appointments are also made through the Guidance Office.
Current calendars giving details of programs and outlining Ontario university and community college admission requirements, and other reference books are available to students in the Guidance Office. Information about Canadian universities outside of Ontario and American universities is also available. In addition, speakers from major universities are invited to speak with students in the fall of each year. Students should always check the RAG and the bulletin board outside the Guidance Office to know what is happening in the transition to post-secondary education. The Guidance Department is pleased to give students Internet access for exploration of careers, post-secondary education and scholarship opportunities.
Students are welcome to use Guidance resources to investigate careers. A valuable step in this process is learning about self through one of the interest surveys offered to students of all grades.
Part-time, volunteer and summer jobs are advertised on the employment board located in the Guidance Office. S.A.I.N.T.S. is an excellent opportunity for students to connect with senior citizens and earn money at the same time. Shopping, snow-shoveling, garden work and housekeeping are samples of services required by seniors in the North Toronto area. Call 416-481-6284 or pick up applications in the Guidance Office.
The North Toronto Buddy Program
This program works to promote school unity and a sense of community by developing ties between senior and junior students. Serving all new students, this program is operated by 75 North Toronto students whose prime responsibility is to help new students feel more comfortable in the transition to high school. The success of this program is evident in the number of students who apply to be buddies each year. This year the Buddy Leaders are Heather Cohen, Laura Greenberg, and Carly Yoshida-Butryn.Health Information
There is no school nurse on duty. Concerns have to be dealt with in the Vice-Principals’ Office. If there is any medical information that the school should know about, please make a point of communicating this to us. This information would be kept strictly confidential.
School Library
The school library is a classroom, the centre of reading and research activities. The library collection has been designed to support and enrich all school curricula and to facilitate the development of learning. Students will be introduced to resources and taught library research skills by the teacher-librarians.The teacher-librarians support and encourage an active reading program both within the English classes and also through recreational reading. Paperback fiction consists of a collection of classic titles and a collection of continually changing popular titles.
There is a teaching area, a quiet/no talking study area (top of ramp), a quiet reading/studying area (magazine area) and a computer area.
The school library is open Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Library computers are available for research and for word processing of school assignments. No games or Internet chats/mail are permitted. Students may be asked to show their assignment to the teacher-librarian when requesting to use the Internet.
Magazines cannot be signed out.
No food or drink is allowed in the Library.
Fines will be charged for overdue materials. Students are expected to return materials on time. It is their responsibility to know when their library materials are due.
